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Off the CUSA board. Aug. 8, 2006, 11:58PM Bomar takes a look at UH By RONNIE TURNER Houston Chronicle Former Oklahoma quarterback Rhett Bomar, who was kicked off the team last week after it was revealed he violated NCAA rules, visited the University of Houston campus Tuesday, keeping open the chance he might transfer to the school next semester. Bomar toured the facilities and met with UH head coach Art Briles. Should Bomar, a redshirt sophomore, commit to a Division I-A school, it is believed Houston would be a strong possibility. Bomar is also considering Division I-AA school Sam Houston State. If Bomar transfers to a Division I-A school, he must sit out a minimum of one season because of NCAA transfer rules. That does not include the possible suspension he faces from the NCAA. Bomar was dismissed from the OU team after an investigation determined he and offensive guard J.D. Quinn had accepted compensation above the work performed for a booster. Bomar, of Grand Prairie, played in all 12 games (11 starts) for Oklahoma as a redshirt freshman in 2005, passing for 2,018 yards and 10 TDs.

Aug. 8, 2006, 11:58PM Bomar takes a look at UH By RONNIE TURNER Houston Chronicle Former Oklahoma quarterback Rhett Bomar, who was kicked off the team last week after it was revealed he violated NCAA rules, visited the University of Houston campus Tuesday, keeping open the chance he might transfer to the school next semester. Bomar toured the facilities and met with UH head coach Art Briles. Should Bomar, a redshirt sophomore, commit to a Division I-A school, it is believed Houston would be a strong possibility. Bomar is also considering Division I-AA school Sam Houston State. If Bomar transfers to a Division I-A school, he must sit out a minimum of one season because of NCAA transfer rules. That does not include the possible suspension he faces from the NCAA. Bomar was dismissed from the OU team after an investigation determined he and offensive guard J.D. Quinn had accepted compensation above the work performed for a booster. Bomar, of Grand Prairie, played in all 12 games (11 starts) for Oklahoma as a redshirt freshman in 2005, passing for 2,018 yards and 10 TDs.

Here's a couple of post by Sea Jacket on the ASU board. -------------- I know most of the replies have been negative, but the SBC has gotten some serious ink because of this development. People all over are asking who/where is NTX & what league are they in. BTW, I think TCU has a little too much option in their scheme to want RB. Let's put it this way, NTX is getting more now (nation-wide) than we got going to Lafayette.. OU was picked #1 by some, so it's important. Pllus, fans are pumped about fb right now, so this story has timing. BTW, the main exposure for the SBC if you polled nationally after the bowls, would be about the officiating by the SBC crew in the Neb/Mich Alamo Bowl. -------------- Seems like UNT is in a win-win situation here. 1. Lotta press 2. High school coach & father of high-profile player comes to NT coach for help/advice. 3. NT being considered by high-profile player if xfer & playing possible. 4. Putting a positive light on NT's program for potential recruits ?

Football: Could Oklahoma’s Rhett Bomar be wearing green next season? Father of ex-Sooner QB speaks with UNT about transfer 10:33 PM CDT on Tuesday, August 8, 2006 By Brett Vito / Staff Writer Jerry Bomar has spoken with University of North Texas assistant head coach Kenny Evans about the future of his son Rhett and the possibility of him playing for the Mean Green, Evans said Tuesday. Evans spoke with Jerry Bomar shortly after Rhett Bomar and offensive lineman J.D. Quinn were dismissed from Oklahoma after a university investigation revealed the players were paid by Big Red Sports/Imports, a car dealership in Norman, Okla., for work they did not perform last summer and fall. Evans had gotten to know Jerry Bomar while recruiting for UNT in the Dallas area, including Grand Prairie where Rhett Bomar played for his father before graduating in 2004. Evans advised the family on the steps the former Sooner starting quarterback should take while trying to resume his college football career. “Within hours of when it happened, coach [Jerry] Bomar contacted us,” Evans said. “We gave him some advice about what Rhett needs to do no matter where he goes. … It was nice that he contacted us first and that they had interest in North Texas.” Jerry Bomar did not return a message seeking comment. UNT would be interested in signing Bomar if the situation were one the coaching staff and administration felt comfortable with. UNT’s staff has not heard from the family since Evans’ initial conversation with Jerry Bomar. “[bomar] is a very talented football player and we are always looking for good players,” UNT head coach Darrell Dickey said. “We would have to look into the situation with what happened at Oklahoma and what his situation would be with the NCAA.” Bomar has yet to be released by Oklahoma, which could choose not to release him to a school on its upcoming schedule. UNT is scheduled to open the 2007 season with a game at Oklahoma. The amount of eligibility Bomar will have remaining if he transfers to another Division I-A school is also in question. Bomar spent his first year at Oklahoma as a redshirt and then started for the Sooners in 2005, when he threw for 2,018 yards and 10 touchdowns. Bomar would have to sit out the 2006 season to fulfill NCAA rules regarding players who transfer from one Division I-A school to another. The NCAA could then step in and suspend Bomar for violating its regulations while working at Big Red Sports/Imports. Evans told Jerry Bomar the family needs to contact the NCAA and possibly hire a lawyer to find out if it will level a suspension against his son. That information would allow UNT to better evaluate taking on Bomar. “At this stage we have to be very careful and make sure we understand what is going to happen with the NCAA and make sure that people here, our administration and coach Dickey are all on the same page,” Evans said. “We are going to go slow.” Bomar and Quinn would have to pay restitution and apply for reinstatement with the NCAA before regaining their eligibility. The incident at Big Red Sports/Imports was not the first sign of trouble for Bomar at Oklahoma. He pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of being a minor in possession of alcohol earlier this year. Despite those incidents, several schools have expressed interest in Bomar, including TCU. Horned Frogs coach Gary Patterson said over the weekend that he was interested in Bomar and Quinn before saying Monday that he had changed his mind and could not take on either player. Texas A&M-Commerce, a Division II school, has also shown interest in Bomar, who has apologized publicly for his actions at Oklahoma. “One thing I just want to say to the fans, to my coaches, to my teammates: ‘I’m sorry,’” Bomar said Thursday in a television interview. “I made a mistake. I mean, I feel bad for it.” Bomar was among the top high school recruits nationally in 2004 when Rivals.com rated him the No. 1 pro-style quarterback in the country. That talent is what would make him attractive to UNT, which struggled at quarterback last season. Daniel Meager started each game in 2005 as a redshirt freshman and split time with freshman Matt Phillips. Meager and Phillips combined to throw for 1,389 yards in a run-based offense last season, when UNT ranked last in the Sun Belt Conference in passing offense with an average of 129.3 yards per game and passing efficiency with a 92.9 rating. Meager and Phillips are competing with junior Woody Wilson, a transfer from Coffeyville (Kan.) Community College, for the starting spot this season. All three of UNT’s quarterbacks would still be with the Mean Green in 2007, the earliest season in which Bomar would be eligible to play for UNT. Bomar would be the most decorated quarterback to play for the Mean Green in the Dickey era if he transferred to UNT. But both Bomar and UNT would have to go through several steps before that could become a reality. “Rhett has some things to work out and he knows that,” Evans said. “He has to decide where he really wants to go. … There are also a lot of things we have to find out if there is interest on our side, too.” Briefly … Freshman Matthew Menard has moved from defensive line to offensive line. UNT coach Darrell Dickey said Menard, 6-5, 275, could see playing time on offense this season. … Brian Carlson, a 6-5, 268-pound tight end who transferred to UNT from Kilgore College for the 2006 season, will also work out at offensive tackle.

Wonder how many 'just ordinary folks' would turn down an opportunity to get paid for a 40 hour week and actually work much less ? Wonder how many 'just ordinary folks' give their employer less actual working hours than they are paid for?

Buy the game out! .........Just Kiddin' ..........Just Kiddin'

Anyone.........any news ?

Things are rough in Oklahoma !

They'll probably claim that UNT grads do maintenance/cleanup work at their stadium & lawn work around campus.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/preview06/co...mark&id=2540583 Nonconference schedules. Some Division I-A teams really took advantage of the addition of a 12th game to their schedules. Alabama plays Louisiana-Monroe, Duke and Florida International. Auburn has Arkansas State, Tulane and Buffalo. South Carolina faces Middle Tennessee, Florida Atlantic and the mighty Terriers of Wofford. Virginia Tech plays I-AA Northeastern, Cincinnati and Kent State. Maryland goes on the ledge with I-AA William & Mary, Middle Tennessee and Florida International.

Maybe 18 was all they could offer ?

Tell us, how many scholarships were not filled ?

FULL ARTICLE http://www.daytondailynews.com/sports/cont...080506espn.html MAC COMMISSIONER COMMENTS MAC likes weeknight play. Since then, the MAC has been associated prominently with playing on weeknights, and Chryst says it has advanced the conference at warp speed. He mentioned several specific examples of how the MAC has prospered: • All 69 of the league's home games are televised in some form this season. • In one 59-year period, MAC teams hosted Big Ten opponents six times. It will happen four times this season. • The MAC is now affiliated with three bowls, GMAC, Motor City and International. "Whether it's right or wrong," Chryst said, "TV is probably the main reason for that." There are sacrifices. In November, for instance, Northern Illinois will play on a Tuesday and two Fridays, but no Saturdays. Toledo will play on three Tuesdays. Of 24 November games, the MAC will play just 10 on Saturdays, and six of those Saturday games are nonconference. Five conference games will be played on Friday, Nov. 24. Chryst argues it's worth the attention. Last season, the MAC had the fifth-highest viewership of conferences on ESPN2 broadcasts, ahead of the Big Ten, Mountain West and Conference USA. "We're recruiting a quarterback in Houston, which we never do," said Novak, the NIU coach. "I go into his home, and I ask him why he wants to come to Northern Illinois. He looked at me with a straight face and said, 'Coach, it's the exposure.' If we weren't on TV, that would never happen." So, the stream of non-Saturday games continues, even when Miami had already planned a series of events around its Oct. 8 Homecoming game against Northern Illinois, including the opening of the new Goggin Ice Arena on Friday night to coincide with the Saturday game. "But, we had to make a decision," said Miami coach Shane Montgomery, "and this game is on ESPN, not ESPN2 or ESPNU."

Off another board. Check the date on this post. Poster caught a lot of flack from fellow Aggies, but did hit the Bomar nail on the head. http://www.texags.com/main/forum.reply.asp...ge=1&forum_id=5

Well a couple of schools thought enough of him to offer a scolly( Tulsa for one). Wonder if they might know something you don't?

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews...ts/15016703.htm Posted on Tue, Jul. 11, 2006 Time for Miami to cut Willie Williams loose By Greg Cote MIAMI - Trying hard here to work up the charity to wish Willie Williams good luck, but another sort of wish keeps getting in the way. Good riddance. Go forth, young man, and become some other coach's headache. Become some other probation officer's account. Become some other college football program's embarrassment. Williams has told University of Miami coach Larry Coker of his wish to transfer to another school in search of more playing time, Coker said Tuesday, and UM apparently is inclined to let the controversial linebacker go. The phrase "cutting your losses" comes to mind. A small cloud will lift from the Hurricanes the moment they are free of the player who probably ought not have been signed in the first place. Williams came out of Carol City High as a highly touted linebacker whose athletic resume was unfortunately offset by his equally prolific credentials as a public nuisance. He was on probation related to a 2002 burglary, and his 10 arrests in all for theft-related incidents made his signing mindful of the bad old days when off-field issues gave UM football the reputation as a repository for thugs with ball skills. There are a number of things a person has earned after 10 arrests, though a prestigious scholarship is not what comes to mind. Second chances are wonderful, and third chances are fine. Eleventh chances might be pushing the point a tad. Nothing, then, was less surprising than when Mr. Williams managed, during a recruiting trip to Gainesville just before signing with UM, to get in trouble for allegedly discharging hotel fire extinguishers and hugging a female student against her will. For a no-contest plea, a judge who luckily believed in 11th chances gave Williams 250 hours community service and extended his probation through February 2007. Fortunate to have been admitted by Miami, Williams then missed his freshman season because of injury before contributing modestly as a second-year freshman last season. He missed much of the recent spring practice because of a stomach virus and has been the only player to skip most of the team's voluntary offseason workouts. Now, Williams appears to have decided the best way to repay UM for its latitude, understanding and patience is to cut and run. To bail on the school that risked its reputation by giving him a scholarship. Coker and Canes fans deserve better. Dare say Williams' loyalty, perhaps? Instead, what the player displays is gall. Not to mention the appearance of a quitter. One season as a backup - exactly as many career college games as arrests, for those scoring at home - and Williams is ready to run to a school where the competition isn't as tough, where he might be able to start with less effort and sacrifice, less work than it would have taken here. You can debate whether this was ever the right person for this program, and it should be noted in fairness that Williams has had no known legal problems since enrolling, and that even double-digit arrests do not automatically place a man beyond redemption or sympathy. But it's hard now to believe this is the right player for this program. Not a kid who wants to quit because a starter's job wasn't handed to him, entitlement gift-wrapped. Not somebody who would prefer to spend this coming season sitting out as a transfer rather than busting his tail to prove himself in his hometown for the school that was willing to abide his arrests and his reputation. Good luck elsewhere, Willie. To the person and to the player. You might yet become a star for some other school. Maybe you'll even achieve the kind of success that tends to magically apply a fresh coat of paint over one's dubious past. NFL career? Who knows! Good luck. Right now, though, for you and UM, good riddance still feels right. ---

Texas -43 v North Texas Clemson -33.5 v FAU MTSU -10.5 v FIU Army -7 v Arkansas State LSU -30 v ULL (ULM & Troy play 1AAs - not listed) Others of interest Penn State -16 v Akron Nebraska -20.5 v Louisiana tech Texas Tech -26.5 v SMU http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-footba...vegas/2/?s=2295

The new media guide has Jeremy Brown at LT with Robert Peachey as #2. Looks like the spotlight will be on them.

They don't wanna play at Fouts But hey, their soccer team will play at our new soccer facility this month !

Whatever NCAA to rename college football subdivisions Posted 8/3/2006 9:59 PM ET By Steve Wieberg, USA TODAYThe NCAA is doing a little re-labeling, eliminating the Division I-A and I-AA tags that officially separate college football's major and more modest programs. Acknowledging frustration that the classification often brands an entire university as big-time or non-big-time, the association's Division I Board of Directors moved Thursday to rename the subdivisions. Beginning in December, they'll be known by their respective postseason formats. What now are I-A programs — the Texases, Notre Dames and others vying for bowls — will play in the Football Bowl Subdivision. The Georgia Southerns, Montanas and others now known as I-AA will play in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision, alluding to the 16-team playoff that settles its national title. FULL ARTICLE http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/foo...divisions_x.htm

Sun Belt Teams Texas 47 North Texas 14 Army 19 Arkansas State 17 Florida International 23 Middle Tennessee 20 ULM 31 Alcorn State 13 LSU 31 ULL 14 Clemson 34 Florida Atlantic 7 (Troy vs Alcorn State not listed) Others of interest Nebraska 27 Louisiana Tech 10 Penn State 27 Akron 10 Tulsa 38 S.F. Austin 10 (SMU vs Texas Tech not listed) http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball/story/8820391

Nebraska plays WKU on 1/6. Thread on the WKU board says they have a home-home with the Huskers. Also the Huskers coach just quit with 2 years left on his contract. Interesting. Collier returns to run Butler athletics http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/arti...D=2006608020413

Conference analysis & predictions http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/analysis_sunbelt.html North Texas predictions http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/analysi...nbelt_ntex.html

From the official NCAA site. Not last, but not good compared to other non-BCS conferences. 35,275 - Mountain West 25,543 - CUSA 21,595 - WAC 16,881 - Sun Belt 14,489 - MAC

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writ...ents/index.html 2. SMU gets the death penalty: Feb. 25, 1987 The history and mythology of modern college football are papered with examples of programs whose keepers and boosters flaunted NCAA rules by building quasi-professional programs with marginal student-athletes. But only one has received the NCAA's death penalty: Southern Methodist University. The Mustangs rose to the top of the high-powered Southwest Conference in the early '80s, riding on the back of the Pony Express backfield (Eric Dickerson and Craig James), and twice finished in the top five in the nation. At swank parties all over Texas, where football is big business, SMU alums bragged to their Longhorn and Aggie brethren. Then the bubble burst: SMU was found to have made approximately $61,000 in payments to athletes from funds provided by a booster, with the approval of university officials as high up as former -- and future -- Texas governor Bill Clements, who was then chairman of SMU's board of governors. NCAA officials did not levy the penalty lightly, but, said Dan Beebe, the lead investigator on the case, "I'm not sure what else would have gotten the message across to those people.'' It has been nearly two decades since the NCAA took down SMU; 16 schools have since been eligible for the death penalty, but none have received it. SMU has never recovered. "It's like an atomic bomb,'' SMU coach Phil Bennett told Sports Illustrated in 2002. "The NCAA did it once and caused devastation beyond belief, and it's never going to be done again.''